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All Book Series by Manuel Betancourt
The Smiths' Meat is Murder
Series opener · book 1 of 164 · published 2003 Anthology · Joe Pernice
The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society
Book 2 of 164 · published 2003 Anthology · Andy Miller
Dusty Springfield's Dusty in Memphis
Book 3 of 164 · published 2003 Anthology · Warren Zanes
Love's Forever Changes
Book 5 of 164 · published 2003 Anthology · Andrew Hultkrans
Abba's Abba Gold
Book 6 of 164 · published 2004 Anthology · Elisabeth Vincentelli
Prince's Sign 'O' the Times
Book 7 of 164 · published 2004 Anthology · Michaelangelo Matos
The Velvet Underground's The Velvet Underground and Nico
Book 8 of 164 · published 2004 Anthology · Joe Harvard
Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland
Book 10 of 164 · published 2004 Anthology · John M. Perry
The Replacements' Let It Be
Book 11 of 164 · published 2004 Anthology · Colin Meloy
James Brown's Live at the Apollo
Book 12 of 164 · published 2004 Anthology · Douglas Wolk
Jethro Tull's Aqualung
Book 13 of 164 · published 2004 Anthology · Allan F. Moore
The Beatles' Let It Be
Book 14 of 164 · published 2004 Anthology · Steve Matteo
Radiohead's OK Computer
Book 15 of 164 · published 2004 Anthology · Dai Griffiths
The Ramones' Ramones
Book 17 of 164 · published 2005 Anthology · Nicholas Rombes
The Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street
Book 19 of 164 · published 2005 Anthology · Bill Janovitz
Bruce Springsteen's Born in the USA
Book 26 of 164 · published 2005 Anthology · Geoffrey Himes
The Band's Music From Big Pink
Book 27 of 164 · published 2005 Anthology · John Niven
Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Book 28 of 164 · published 2005 Anthology · Kim Cooper
The Stone Roses' The Stone Roses
Book 29 of 164 · published 2006 Anthology · Alex Green
Sly and the Family Stone's There's a Riot Goin' On
Book 30 of 164 · published 2006 Anthology · Miles Marshall Lewis
The Beastie Boys' Paul's Boutique
Book 31 of 164 · published 2006 Anthology · Dan LeRoy
Highway 61 Revisited
Book 34 of 164 · published 2006 Anthology · Mark Polizzotti
33 1/3 Greatest Hits, Volume 1
Book 35 of 164 · published 2006 Anthology · DavidBarker
The Who's The Who Sell Out
Book 36 of 164 · published 2006 Anthology · John Dougan
Guided By Voices' Bee Thousand
Book 37 of 164 · published 2006 Anthology · Marc Woodworth
My Bloody Valentine's Loveless
Book 38 of 164 · published 2006 Anthology · Mike McGonigal
The Magnetic Fields' 69 Love Songs
Book 39 of 164 · published 2006 Anthology · L.D. Beghtol
Guns N' Roses' Use Your Illusion I and II
Book 40 of 164 · published 2006 Anthology · Eric Weisbard
Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life
Book 41 of 164 · published 2006 Anthology · Zeth Lundy
Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark
Book 42 of 164 · published 2006 Anthology · SeanNelson
Sonic Youth's Daydream Nation
Book 43 of 164 · published 2007 Anthology · Matthew Stearns
The Byrds' The Notorious Byrd Brothers
Book 44 of 164 · published 2007 Anthology · Ric Menck
Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica
Book 45 of 164 · published 2007 Anthology · Kevin Courrier
The Minutemen's Double Nickels on the Dime
Book 46 of 164 · published 2007 Anthology · Michael T. Fournier
A Tribe Called Quest's People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
Book 47 of 164 · published 2007 Anthology · Shawn Taylor
Brian Eno's Another Green World
Book 48 of 164 · published 2007 Anthology · Geeta Dayal
PJ Harvey's Rid of Me: A Story
Book 51 of 164 · published 2007 Anthology · Kate Schatz
U2's Achtung Baby: Meditations on Love in the Shadow of the Fall
Book 52 of 164 · published 2007 Anthology · Stephen Catanzarite
Belle & Sebastian's If You're Feeling Sinister
Book 53 of 164 · published 2007 Anthology · Scott Plagenhoef
Celine Dion's Let's Talk About Love: A Journey to the End of Taste
Book 55 of 164 · published 2007 Anthology · Carl Wilson
Throbbing Gristle's Twenty Jazz Funk Greats
Book 57 of 164 · published 2007 Anthology · Drew Daniel
Slayer's Reign in Blood
Book 60 of 164 · published 2008 Anthology · D.X. Ferris
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's Facing Future
Book 61 of 164 · published 2008 Anthology · Dan Kois
Richard and Linda Thompson's Shoot Out the Lights
Book 62 of 164 · published 2008 Anthology · Hayden Childs
The Afghan Whigs' Gentlemen
Book 63 of 164 · published 2008 Anthology · Bob Gendron
The Pogues' Rum, Sodomy and the Lash
Book 64 of 164 · published 2008 Anthology · Jeffrey T. Roesgen
Flying Burrito Brothers' The Gilded Palace of Sin
Book 65 of 164 · published 2008 Anthology · Bob Proehl
Madness' One Step Beyond...
Book 70 of 164 · published 2009 Anthology · Terry Edwards
Flaming Lips' Zaireeka
Book 71 of 164 · published 2009 Anthology · MarkRichardson
Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Book 74 of 164 · published 2010 Anthology · Christopher R. Weingarten
Pavement's Wowee Zowee
Book 75 of 164 · published 2010 Anthology · Bryan Charles
Johnny Cash's American Recordings
Book 78 of 164 · published 2011 Anthology · Tony Tost
Ween's Chocolate and Cheese
Book 79 of 164 · published 2011 Anthology · Hank Shteamer
The Rolling Stones' Some Girls
Book 80 of 164 · published 2011 Anthology · Cyrus R.K. Patell
Nine Inch Nails' Pretty Hate Machine
Book 81 of 164 · published 2011 Anthology · Daphne Carr
Talking Heads' Fear of Music
Book 82 of 164 · published 2011 Anthology · Jonathan Lethem
Dinosaur Jr.'s You're Living All Over Me
Book 83 of 164 · published 2011 Anthology · Nick Attfield
Television's Marquee Moon
Book 84 of 164 · published 2011 Anthology · Bryan Waterman
Aretha Franklin's Amazing Grace
Book 86 of 164 · published 2011 Anthology · Aaron Cohen
Flood
Book 88 of 164 · published 2013 Anthology · Elizabeth Sandifer,S. Alexander Reed
Serge Gainsbourg's Histoire de Melody Nelson
Book 89 of 164 · published 2013 Anthology · Darran Anderson
Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Book 90 of 164 · published 2014 Anthology · Kirk Walker Graves
Andrew W.K.'s I Get Wet
Book 91 of 164 · published 2014 Anthology · Phillip Crandall
Aphex Twin's Selected Ambient Works Volume II
Book 93 of 164 · published 2014 Anthology · Marc Weidenbaum
Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Book 102 of 164 · published 2015 Anthology · Michael Stewart Foley
Freedom of Choice
Book 103 of 164 · published 2015 Anthology · Fred Armisen,Evie Nagy
Donny Hathaway's Donny Hathaway Live
Book 113 of 164 · published 2016 Anthology · Emily J. Lordi
Angelo Badalamenti's Soundtrack from Twin Peaks
Book 114 of 164 · published 2017 Anthology · Clare Nina Norelli
Young Marble Giants' Colossal Youth
Book 115 of 164 · published 2017 Anthology · Michael Blair
Uptown Saturday Night
Book 116 of 164 · published 2017 Anthology · William Fulton,Patrick Rivers
Bob Mould's Workbook
Book 118 of 164 · published 2017 Anthology · Walter Biggins,Daniel Couch
Jawbreaker's 24 Hour Revenge Therapy
Book 121 of 164 · published 2018 Anthology · Ronen Givony
Fugazi's In on the Kill Taker
Book 122 of 164 · published 2018 Anthology · Joe Gross
Drive-By Truckers’ Southern Rock Opera
Book 123 of 164 · published 2018 Anthology · Rien Fertel
Siouxsie and the Banshees' Peepshow
Book 124 of 164 · published 2018 Anthology · Samantha Bennett
Tori Amos's Boys for Pele
Book 125 of 164 · published 2018 Anthology · Amy Gentry
dc Talk’s Jesus Freak
Book 126 of 164 · published 2018 Anthology · Will Stockton,D. Gilson
Odetta’s One Grain of Sand
Book 127 of 164 · published 2019 Anthology · Matthew Frye Jacobson
Tom Petty’s Southern Accents
Book 128 of 164 · published 2019 Anthology · Michael Washburn
The Shangri-Las’ Golden Hits of the Shangri-Las
Book 129 of 164 · published 2019 Anthology · Ada Wolin
Manic Street Preachers’ The Holy Bible
Book 130 of 164 · published 2019 Anthology · David Evans
Massive Attack’s Blue Lines
Book 131 of 164 · published 2019 Anthology · Ian Bourland
The Wild Tchoupitoulas’ The Wild Tchoupitoulas
Book 132 of 164 · published 2019 Anthology · Bryan Wagner
Wendy Carlos's Switched-On Bach
Book 133 of 164 · published 2019 Anthology · Roshanak Kheshti
Murder Ballads
Book 134 of 164 · published 2020 Anthology · Santi Elijah Holley
David Bowie's Diamond Dogs
Book 136 of 164 · published 2020 Anthology · Glenn Hendler
Elton John's Blue Moves
Book 137 of 164 · published 2020 Anthology · Matthew Restall
Various Artists' I'm Your Fan: The Songs of Leonard Cohen
Book 140 of 164 · published 2020 Anthology · Ray Padgett
Janet Jackson's The Velvet Rope
Book 141 of 164 · published 2020 Anthology · Ayanna Dozier
Elvis Presley's From Elvis in Memphis
Book 142 of 164 · published 2020 Anthology · Eric Wolfson
24-Carat Black's Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth
Book 143 of 164 · published 2020 Anthology · Zach Schonfeld
Carole King's Tapestry
Book 144 of 164 · published 2021 Anthology · Loren Glass
Donna Summer's Once Upon a Time
Book 146 of 164 · published 2021 Anthology · Alex Jeffery
Roxy Music's Avalon
Book 148 of 164 · published 2021 Anthology · Simon A. Morrison
Sam Cooke’s Live at the Harlem Square Club, 1963
Book 149 of 164 · published 2021 Anthology · Colin Fleming
Janelle Monáe’s The ArchAndroid
Book 150 of 164 · published 2021 Anthology · Alyssa Favreau
Lyric and Coloratura Arias
Book 151 of 164 · published 2021 Anthology · Ginger Dellenbaugh
Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp a Butterfly
Book 152 of 164 · published 2022 Anthology · Sequoia Maner
Britney Spears's Blackout
Book 153 of 164 · published 2022 Anthology · Natasha Lasky
Earth, Wind & Fire's That's the Way of the World
Book 154 of 164 · published 2022 Anthology · Dwight E. Brooks
Minnie Riperton’s Come to My Garden
Book 155 of 164 · published 2022 Anthology · Brittnay L. Proctor
Babes in Toyland’s Fontanelle
Book 156 of 164 · published 2023 Anthology · Selena Chambers
Madvillain's Madvillainy
Book 157 of 164 · published 2023 Anthology · Will Hagle
BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Book 158 of 164 · published 2023 Anthology · William L. Weir
Kate Bush's Hounds Of Love
Book 161 of 164 · published 2024 Anthology · Leah Kardos
John Cale's Paris 1919
Book 162 of 164 · published 2025 Anthology · Mark Doyle
Cocteau Twins' Blue Bell Knoll
Book 163 of 164 · published 2025 Anthology · Chris Tapley
The B-52s' Cosmic Thing
Latest in the series · book 164 of 164 · published 2025 Anthology · Pete Crighton
Jupiter : a Fascinating Exploration of Space, Moons, and Planetary Science
Single-title series · published 2026
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Manuel Betancourt?
Manuel Betancourt has 167 books catalogued in this guide spanning 2003–2026, across 1 named series.
Which Manuel Betancourt series should I start with?
The best place to start is the 33⅓ series, the earliest of Manuel Betancourt's multi-book series: it opens with The Smiths' Meat is Murder (2003) and runs to 164 books across 2003–2025, ending with The B-52s' Cosmic Thing (2025).
How many books has Manuel Betancourt written?
Manuel Betancourt has 167 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2003 and 2026. 164 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the 33⅓ series with 164 books — and 3 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Manuel Betancourt's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Manuel Betancourt's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are 33⅓ (2003–2025, 164 books).
How are Manuel Betancourt's books organised into series?
This guide splits Manuel Betancourt's 167 books into 1 named series and 3 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: 33⅓ (164 books, 2003–2025).